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Setting up No-IP on a WowWee Rovio™

If you have not heard of the Rovio™ from WowWee corporation you are missing out. The Rovio is a great little toy, gadget, security camera... Well I am not sure how to describe it accurately other than it is neat. Take a look at their product site and check out the Rovio

If you have a Rovio™ device at a location where there is no computer to run a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) update client then you are in luck. The Rovio contains its own DDNS update client that acomplishes the similar task as our own Dynamic Update Client. The below screen shot shows just how easy it is to have the Rovio™ update a dynamic host name on the No-IP system.

  1. Simply select "No-IP" from the Service Provider drop down.
  2. Type your full host name in the Domain field. For example "somehost.no-ip.com"
  3. Enter your login email address to No-IP.com in the Username field.
  4. Enter the coresponding password in the Password field.
  5. Confirm the password and leave the Overwrite IP field un-checked.
  6. Be sure to check the Enable box at the top of the page
  7. Click the Update button to complete the setup

At this point you will have the Rovio™ device updating No-IP with your current IP address. To access your Rovio™ from a remote location you will still need to configure your firewall or Network Router. The Rovio™ is setup by default to listen on Port 80 which is typically blocked by most residential cable and dsl providers. If this is the case you may need to switch the port to a higher number that is not blocked. We typically recommend "8080" or "8000" for a port. More information on setting up your Rovio™ can be found in the documents included with the product as well as at this site: Rovio Support

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